Category Archives: Disabilities

Donny Jones, Idaho Man With Disabilities, Wins $200,000 PowerBall Lottery (VIDEO)

By doris | Published: December 30, 2011

Full Story at huffingtonpost.com Winning the $200,000 PowerBall prize will enable Donny Jones to pay off his bills, but the Idaho native won’t be leaving his cooking job anytime soon, CBS3Springfield.com reports. “I love my job,” Donny Jones told the news outlet. “I love my bosses and everybody I work with here.” Jones lives with [...]

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Stuff I’ve found that made me feel GREAT!

By doris | Published: December 17, 2011

Full Story at spuidoo.com I’ve found some incredible ones that have really inspired me! Heroes, stories of people who have overcome obstacles and inspirational videos will be the focus here. If you know of a good one Contact Me! The Thousand-Hand Guanyin: (I found it over at Xtraordinary Living…thanks Rick!) From him, “Considering the tight [...]

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Migraines: More than just a headache

By doris | Published: July 24, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — When Alden Waters gets migraines, she feels as if her head is being squeezed into a vise. Depending on what she has eaten, she may vomit. The headache takes longer to go away if she can’t rest and goes to teach her math classes anyway. “It’s rare, but it [...]

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Breast implants may cause rare cancer

By doris | Published: January 26, 2011

Full Story at pagiingdrgupta.blogs.CNN.com The Food and Drug Administration says it has found a possible link between breast implants and a very rare type of cancer. After reviewing data published between 1997 and 2010, the agency determined people with both saline and silicone gel-filled implants have a small but significant risk of anaplastic large cell [...]

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One-handed model in bra becomes overnight sensation

By doris | Published: October 24, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com A one-handed model who posed in a bra for a charity ad campaign has become a European sensation. The 35-year-old graphic designer has been swamped with requests for interviews from around Europe after appearing in a print ad for CAP48, a nonprofit organization that highlights disability issues in France and Belgium, [...]

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Clinton visits quake-hit Chile to offer support

By doris | Published: March 3, 2010

Full Story at  msnbc.com U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made a small dent in Chile’s growing needs following a massive earthquake, handing over 25 satellite phones while promising more Tuesday in the country’s capital.

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Haitians pray, cry for help in the ruins

By doris | Published: January 18, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Prayers of thanksgiving and cries for help rose from Haiti’s huddled homeless Sunday, the sixth day of an epic humanitarian crisis that was straining the world’s ability to respond and igniting flare-ups of violence amid the rubble of Port-au-Prince. Haitian police struggled to scatter hundreds of stone-throwing looters [...]

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Search crews dig through quake rubble as relief mission takes shape

By doris | Published: January 17, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — Undeterred by darkness, a rescue crew patiently chipped away at concrete and debris early Sunday morning to try and reach a woman who sent a text message that she was buried beneath the ruins of a collapsed bank. The team with the Los Angeles County Search and [...]

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States consider cutting drug help for seniors

By doris | Published: May 28, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com PAWTUCKET, R.I. – Joanne Devlin needs about 20 prescription drugs to regulate her blood pressure, keep her arthritic joints limber and pain-free and control her asthma. She counts on financial help from Rhode Island when her Medicare Part D insurance plan maxes out and no longer pays her drug bills, which [...]

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Stair-climbing wheelchair comes to a halt

By doris | Published: May 26, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com WASHINGTON – The nation’s first stair-climbing wheelchair hit the market with a bang but disappeared with a whimper, a casualty of price that raises a big question: How much will society agree to pay for high-tech help for the disabled? Johnson & Johnson quietly sold the last iBOTs this spring, shuttering [...]

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King: Bus routes to be closed; stimulus money can’t help

By doris | Published: March 29, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com BALLWIN, Missouri (CNN) — For Stuart and Dianne Falk, it is a two-bus, 45-minute trip into downtown St. Louis to head to the gym and to volunteer at a theater group. And it is a lifeline that ends Friday. “To be saddled, to be imprisoned, that is what it is going [...]

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Disabled kids show host draws criticism, praise

By doris | Published: February 28, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com CNN) — A children’s show host who was born with one hand is facing criticism from parents over her disability.The BBC is receiving complaints about kids show host Cerrie Burnell, who was only born with one hand. BBC spokeswoman Katya Mira said the corporation has received at least 25 “official” complaints [...]

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